fatty acid
noun
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any of a class of aliphatic monocarboxylic acids that form part of a lipid molecule and can be derived from fat by hydrolysis; fatty acids are simple molecules built around a series of carbon atoms linked together in a chain of 12 to 22 carbon atoms
Types & categories
- carboxylic acid hypernym
- saturated fatty acid hyponym
- unsaturated fatty acid hyponym
- trans fatty acid hyponym
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
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| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | carboxylic acid |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | saturated fatty acid |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | unsaturated fatty acid |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | trans fatty acid |